Master spinners and weavers carry on a handcraft tradition
Weaving
Then weaving begins. Often, the weaver draws a design on stiff brown paper and pins it behind the warp to guide the weaving. She weaves each woolen weft thread over and under each cotton warp thread to interlock the vertical warp with the horizontal weft. Each color demands a change of weft. For more complex tapestries, each horizontal line of weaving may require managing 10 to 12 small “butterflies” of color.
Finishing
After completing the weaving, the weaver cuts the warp threads, always an exciting moment! Finishing the piece requires knotting the warp thread and creating a fringe, or laboriously sewing each thread back into the finished weaving for a flat edge.
